<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNOekslUYg">Is the New BRICS Bank a Challenge to US Global Financial Power?</a><br></div><div class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element" id="enhancrCard_0" style='width: 450px; font-family: "Georgia", "Times", "Times New Roman", "serif"; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;' contenteditable="false"><table class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 450px; height: 170px; display: block; position: relative;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);" colspan="8"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; line-height: 0px; font-size: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);"> </div></td></tr><tr
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class="link-enhancr-video-height link-enhancr-element"></span><span title="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6tNOekslUYg?feature=oembed" class="link-enhancr-video-src link-enhancr-element"></span></div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" style='width: 100px; font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica Neue", "Helvetica", "sans-serif"; vertical-align: middle;'><div class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-wrapper" style="text-align: right; line-height: 11px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 0pt; max-height: 13px; min-width: 80px; max-width: 100px;"><span class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-preview-by link-enhancr-mobile-no-resize" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 11px; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: middle; -ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -moz-text-size-adjust: none; text-size-adjust: none;">Preview by Yahoo</span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; font-size: 0pt;
border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" colspan="2"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 9px; font-size: 9pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);" colspan="8"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; line-height: 0px; font-size: 1px; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>This video addresses the discussion that Carl and I had today regarding the significance of the BRICS agreement, based on my understanding of the argument that Panitch & Gindin put forward in <a id="ms__id2551" href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2013/07/jacobin-book-club-the-making-of-global-capitalism/">The Making of Global Capitalism</a>.</div><div class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element"
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